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Oslo Governance Centre 2012: A Year in Review
Civil Society, Conflict, Democracy, GAP, Governance and Environment, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, ReportThis document looks back at 2012 and highlights the work of UNDP's Oslo Governance Centre, including new areas of work in support of UNDP’s results in Democratic Governance at country, regional and global level.
Statistical Report for the Governance Assessments and Measurements Project for Barbados and the Eastern Carribean
Democracy, GAP, Latin America and the Carribean, ReportThe UWI/UNDP DGA Assessment project emerged out of a longstanding problematique within the Eastern Caribbean, that is, the limitation and often lack of comprehensive statistical indicators of key facets of democratic governance. Such indicators are needed to guide dialogue within civil society with a view towards redesigning democratic systems to be more...
Lessons Learned: Global Programme on Governance Assessment
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, GAP, Latin America and the Carribean, ReportOn the heels of the Oslo Governance Forum, UNDP convened projects supported by the Global Programme on Governance Assessments from around the world. This one-day workshop collected and compared the lessons learned from experiences in 16 countries. This report draws on those experiences, as well as the seven reviews and evaluations of UNDP’s governance assessments projects...
Outcome Report: Oslo Governance Forum 2011
Event Material, GAPIn 2011, the demand for democracy and better governance reached the streets of Tunis, Homs, Yangon, Washington and many other cities across the world. Millions of people participated in movements for democracy and better governance. Not only have they demanded democracy in countries where democracy has not been well established, but they have also called ...
Project Facts Viet Nam
Asia and the Pacific, GAP, Presentation, Public AdministrationThe Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is developed in the context of increasing demands for engaging citizens in monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation to feed evidence for subsequent policymaking. PAPI provides objective and evidence-based measures, based on citizens’ experiences and direct interactions, of the standards of provincial...
Project Facts Malawi
Africa, Civil Society, GAP, PresentationSince the end of Hasting Banda’s regime in 1994 Malawi has taken important strides towards deepening and consolidating democracy. This includes the introduction of a multi-party system and competitive elections. Political space has gradually opened up and civil society organizations are growing in numbers and potency. The electoral processes in the country are gaining more credibility and...
Project Facts Kazakhstan: Responsive governance for MDG acceleration
Europe and CIS, GAP, Presentation, Public AdministrationOver the period of the last 20 years Kazakhstan has significantly improved its human development record: Between 1990 and 2010, expected years of schooling increased by almost 3 years, the GNI per capita increased by 33 per cent, and although life expectancy at birth shows a slight decrease on the overall period, it has increased by 1.8 years since 2000 and continues on this increasing trend....
China Project Fast Facts
Asia and the Pacific, GAP, PresentationChina's recent development policies have witnessed a shift from a growth-oriented model to one that incorporates and places increasingly more emphasis on equality, inclusion, and balance as key factors. This shift has created new needs for the government and other social sectors to improve their understanding of, and capacity to exercise good governance. This document gives a quick presentation...
Measuring Democracy and Democratic Governance in a Post-2015 Development Framework
Article / Working Paper, Democracy, GAP, Governance and MDGThis discussion paper aims to outline some of the major factors to consider should it be decided that global goal(s) covering democratic governance are included in a post-2015 framework. In contrast to the existing MDGs, which are focused on socio-economic development indicators, democratic governance is not easy to measure because it means different things to different people, because it is...
List of participants - Gothenburg Training: Towards Local Democracy and Local Development through Local Government 2011
Event Material, GAPThis document contains a list of participants who took part in the Gothenburg Training Seminar: Towards Local Democracy and Local Development through Local Government 2011 .